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they're not married in arizona. they're committed to each other. but they can't share health benefits. they can't have the full same rights at a hospital. and it is just mean. it does not -- negatively affect anybody else. i can understand look, i'm a strong supporter of laws that say you can't discriminate based on hiring. people who say i don't like these people. i don't want to hire them. i don't think that should hold up the law. at least they've got a personal involvement. what reason can you have to deny two people in love these benefits and it is not economic because it has a negligent effect on the economy. >> bill: congressman barney frank our guest in studio on this tuesday edition of the "full court press." congressman, yesterday president obama in the east room of the white house announcing his plan asking congress -- i thought made a very strong argument since we all agree that we should not raise tax cuts on the middle class, let's do something we all agree on and give people making under $250,000 a year a tax break this year. do you
they're not married in arizona. they're committed to each other. but they can't share health benefits. they can't have the full same rights at a hospital. and it is just mean. it does not -- negatively affect anybody else. i can understand look, i'm a strong supporter of laws that say you can't discriminate based on hiring. people who say i don't like these people. i don't want to hire them. i don't think that should hold up the law. at least they've got a personal involvement. what reason can...
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they got arizona to introduce such a bill. the bill has now been taken to court. that's the same bill. >> bill: i want to come back to what you just said. you represent the district of columbia in the united states congress and there is a bill which impacts directly and imposes a restriction on the district of columbia. >> only the district of columbia. >> bill: only the district of columbia. are you not allowed to testify on the bill. >> correct. >> bill: how could john boehner, let alone the chairman, permit that? >> in fact, most committee chairs don't. republicans across -- allow members to testify. he claimed that the rules were that the democrats were entitled to one witness they already had a witness, a woman by the way who would have been denied an abortion even though she was carrying a fetus with half a brain who would have been born and had constant seizures if it had in fact, lived of course the democrats called that but as a congressional courtesy, if it affects you always. weigh those rules. >> bill: the principle or the practice was -- >> the practi
they got arizona to introduce such a bill. the bill has now been taken to court. that's the same bill. >> bill: i want to come back to what you just said. you represent the district of columbia in the united states congress and there is a bill which impacts directly and imposes a restriction on the district of columbia. >> only the district of columbia. >> bill: only the district of columbia. are you not allowed to testify on the bill. >> correct. >> bill: how...
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. >> one-third of the nation's counties have now been declared disaster arizona because of the drought. it's only going to be getting worse. can anybody say, "global warming"? hey, what do you say? hello, everybody. great to see you today. it is the full court press, welcome to the program here on this friday, july 20th. good to see you today. you are looking good. we are coming to you live from our nation's capitol. what do you say? with the big stories of the day here in the nation's capitol. not much going on. president obama down in florida actually for the second day of campaign events. mitt romney on his way to london where he will be hosted at a 75,000 dollar a person fundraiser chaired by the leadership of barclay's bank which, of course, has been under investigation. some of them had to quit, had to quit because of playing games with the libor rate, the bank interest rate. we are keeping our eye on the latest from aurora colorado, a horrific situation at the midnight premier of the "dark knight" where a crazed gunman 24-year-old young man opened up fire, had three guns stashed
. >> one-third of the nation's counties have now been declared disaster arizona because of the drought. it's only going to be getting worse. can anybody say, "global warming"? hey, what do you say? hello, everybody. great to see you today. it is the full court press, welcome to the program here on this friday, july 20th. good to see you today. you are looking good. we are coming to you live from our nation's capitol. what do you say? with the big stories of the day here in the...
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he had some new proposed rules he came up with after the arizona shooting a year and a half ago. he is sticking with that. >> yeah. no. nothing new. so on this trip west, it struck me. on previous trips you see him going to florida, virg. he is clearly going to swing states. here, he is going to california oregon and washington. >> you have to go where the ducks are, bill. >> they ought to be in the bank? >> but it's where the money is. he is also goes to new york city and los angeles a lot. san francisco is a huge huge source of funds for the democratic party. it's an obligatory stop. reno is not that far away. you could see how he could tie those two together. or gone and washington yeah, they have been democratic states in recent e elections but the republicans talk about taking one or two of those back so he has to protect his flanks in both of those states. i am sure they figure while they were in san francisco they would go up north to seattle and portland and make sure things are going the way they want to up there as well. >> sure. it serves to ref up the base for sure. >
he had some new proposed rules he came up with after the arizona shooting a year and a half ago. he is sticking with that. >> yeah. no. nothing new. so on this trip west, it struck me. on previous trips you see him going to florida, virg. he is clearly going to swing states. here, he is going to california oregon and washington. >> you have to go where the ducks are, bill. >> they ought to be in the bank? >> but it's where the money is. he is also goes to new york city...
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. >> louuis is calling from phoenix arizona. >> thank you, madam secretary. i am calling in regards as a small business. i have been in business for six years. i am experiencing the most difficult time this one year because of the uncertainty. i have investments to make and a business plan that i am a little sketchy on because i don't know what's going on tomorrow. but we do know this: our federal government has a $1.5 trillion deficit that we want to get to in the future, and it's going to be coming in pieces. as a small business, to continue to build the courage in our entrepreneurs across america, we need to be able to define a vision that could work and fit with all of these changes that are happening. what kind of advice can you give us, madam? >> well, what i would say to you is that we are really trying to help small businesses whether it's through more opportunities for federal contracting, because that, obviously, is available. but, also, making sure that you have the necessary tools and investments and that you have capital and that there is appropr
. >> louuis is calling from phoenix arizona. >> thank you, madam secretary. i am calling in regards as a small business. i have been in business for six years. i am experiencing the most difficult time this one year because of the uncertainty. i have investments to make and a business plan that i am a little sketchy on because i don't know what's going on tomorrow. but we do know this: our federal government has a $1.5 trillion deficit that we want to get to in the future, and it's...
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executive order, which was the dream act, but that issue was not in front of the court, not part of the arizona law and scalia as if he were on fox news. right? just pontificating. is that an appropriate role for a supreme court justice? >> roberts, it's not going to be able to restrain. he may be able to write on the other side of the hall. but he can't restrain scalia. two things, we have not been complaining when, you know scalia and alito and thomas show up regularly at the coach brothers con -- koch brothers' conventions, speaking to the federalist society, doing things with mrs. thomas earning all of this money undeclared by clarence from very, very conservative organizations t you know, that is really critical and one of the most important things when we cast a vote is understanding that the appointees -- and they are getting younger and younger, may have a 30 and 40 year reign on our courts and they are every bit as if not over the long-haul more important than the president of the united states. >> absolutely, catherine crier, i am so glad you are out there still raising hell. >> i am
executive order, which was the dream act, but that issue was not in front of the court, not part of the arizona law and scalia as if he were on fox news. right? just pontificating. is that an appropriate role for a supreme court justice? >> roberts, it's not going to be able to restrain. he may be able to write on the other side of the hall. but he can't restrain scalia. two things, we have not been complaining when, you know scalia and alito and thomas show up regularly at the coach...